As many of you have already seen on the front page, Sony is teasing a new project that a lot of people are hoping is Jak and Daxter. This would be the fulfillment of a dream that I've had for at least eight years so far if it actually happened. However, I cannot believe that what the image implies is going to be a brand new Jak and Daxter and I'm more convinced that it will be a new Ratchet and Clank instead.

Sorry old friends, but I'm afraid we have to wait a little longer before our true reunion.

Let me start off by stating how huge of a fan I am of Jak and Daxter. The Precursor Legacy was the first game I ever played when I got my PS2 back in 2002. I played it for so long that I still remember the bloodshot eyes I had when I looked in the mirror after I was done playing. I first heard about the sequel when I saw the trailer at a demo kiosk at Circuit City and was blown away when I heard Jak speaking for the first time and saw the guns being introduced to the series. I was in love with the game when I bought it after begging my mom since she was hesitant about getting me a T rated game at the time. Jak II remains one of the most difficult games I've ever played, and yet it is always up there as one of my favorites since hard missions like throwing bombs into eco wells or getting out of the water slums when the Krimzon Guard raids it are always balanced out by the Tomb of Mar and the great of plot of the game.

Jak 3 has been another one of my greatest memories as the Wasteland was introduced along with new gun mods and weapon upgrades. The game also introduced my namesake when Jak gained the power to go into Light Eco mode. Those abilities were unfortunately not made into prominent gameplay elements (despite after their introductions and flying late in the game), however I could not believe how epic each one was whenever I used them. The game ended the original trilogy on a high note and helped solidify Jak and Daxter as my favorite gaming franchise of all time. In total, I've played the original trilogy at least 5 times by now and platinumed them on PS3.

After all of the years went by and Naughty Dog moved on to Uncharted, I never gave up hope that someday they would return to Jak and Daxter. I would always get frustrated by the people who overlooked Jak and Daxter when they talked about Naughty Dog or Ready at Dawn. The games were amazingly creative and I was hoping more people would remember them given that the opening line of the IGN Jak 3 review literally said,

"If you like games, you'll buy this immediately or we'll come to your house and beat you to death."

I even joined the official Jak 4 facebook group dedicated to getting Jak 4. We never gave our hopes up that our dream of seeing a brand new Jak game (not counting the Lost Frontier) would finally come to fruition.

Which brings me to why I don't believe the teaser image is related to Jak and Daxter

The most popular theory among Jak enthusiasts is that this is actually a Rift Gate like the one that sent Jak to the future in Jak 2. While I give credit to the fact that it does look a lot like a Rift Gate, I don't believe that it is the case with this given two very prominent things.

The first is that if it was a Rift Gate, it would need to have Precursor markings on it like this

The markings around the Rift Gate don't match up with the teaser image and there does not appear to be anything similar to Precursor writing on the teaser image.

The second part is that the teaser image shows a clear background of space. When I think of two heroes in space on Playstation, I have to think of Ratchet and Clank. Put in the fact that this tweet was sent to Insomniac, this makes me very confident that this teaser game is Ratchet and Clank. Also there are more rumors that it's going to be called Into the Nexus given that a PSN user on Neogafgot a screen cap of a person from Insomniac Games playing an unknown game called Ratchet and Clank: Into the Nexus.

So even though this project is likely not Jak and Daxter, I am still not giving up hope about seeing a true Jak and Daxter sequel. I've been patient for years and I'll still be patient when I'm playing this new Ratchet and Clank game.

Oddworld Inhabitants is one of the companies in the video game industry that has always managed to come up with some of the most creative ideas ever seen for games. Unfortunately, they are not the type of company that can afford having a Money fight. They've been developing HD remakes of previous games and went purely digital so that they can get more revenue which all goes to making more games. Now they want to hear from the fans about what type of game they want to make and each choice is very different from the last.

The Brutal Ballad of Fangus Klot: The game Oddworld was working on before they temporarily shut down the studio. It's the story of a sheepherder who's home country is taken over by the Russian like Cat Mafia and forced into gladiator matches. He gets infected with rabies and manages to escape and vows to reclaim his homeland. This page has some concept old concept art http://oddworld.wikia.com/wiki/The_Brutal_Ballad_of_Fangus_Klot

Squeek's Oddysee: The game is the third in the official quintology (Behind Abe and Munch's Oddysee). It involves Squeek who is on the bottom of the Oddworld food chain and who uses a parasite called Brain slurgs to possess others.

Stranger's Wrath 2: A sequel to the original Stranger's Wrath.

Munch's Exoddus: A sequel to Munch's Oddysee showing how he brings back the Gabbits.

The Hand of Odd: A realtime strategy game where you get to play as either the tree huggers (Mudokons) or Land Muggers (Glukkons). Old beta footage can be found here Hand of Odd Beta.

Sligstorm: A smaller title that would focus on an albino slig who would be executed due to his complexion.

The reason why I decided to post this was because there are too few chances for the fans to influence the next title a company makes. Ever since it came out of hibernation, Oddworld has focused on doing everything they can to please the fans of its franchise and I wanted every Oddworld fan to be able to know and choose what game they want. So if you want to vote, do so right here Vote for Next Oddworld Title

P.S. Don't bother asking about whether the HD releases of Stranger's wrath and Munch's Oddysee will come to Xbox Live, they won't due to the amount of red tape Microsoft put up.

The Playstation Store has very huge potential to be one of the biggest online catalogs of games that can rival the likes of Steam. Even though there are many games that are already in the store, there are still very great games and franchises that still aren't there yet. It would be the perfect time to try and release HD upgrades for all the fans of those games who want to see sequels. So here's the games that the Playstation Store definitely needs to have in the near future.

Grand Theft Auto Series

Even though some of the games are there, most of the PS2 classics that made the franchise what it was aren't there. These games have been some of the most critically successful titles in the history of videogames. They defined the open sandbox world and were responsible for hundreds of hours of cable news controversy and virtual hooker hit and runs. Put these titles on the Playstation Store and I guarantee they'll skyrocket to top downloads in 1 hour.

Kingdom Hearts

Kingdom Hearts1, 2, and BBS are all playstation exclusives that remain classics. Despite the convoluted stories, I'm sure we can all agree that we had fun whacking enemies with the keyblade and playing in worlds from Disney movies we saw when we were kids. They could all use a coat of paint with 720p, but at the very least HAVE SKIPABLE CUTSCENES IN THE FIRST GAME!!!! I can't tell you how annoying it was to watch a 10 minute scene when fighting Ansem possessed Riku.

Dark Cloud

The games were what put Level 5 on the map in the first place. The first game has a very simple story about saving the world from Dark Genie while the second has completely new characters. And speaking of Level 5...

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Like all Level 5 games, it has a simple story but lots of charm. You play as the mute nameless hero who tries to help his king and princess daughter to change back to normal after and evil jester steals a dark scepter and transforms them into a goblin like creature and a horse. Everything is so simple and yet so enjoyable such as seeing brand new areas and even the hidden area after you beat the game ( I still tear up a little after hearing what happened to the hero's parents). You put in a lot of effort to level up but it's all worth in the end, I can't tell you how frustrating it is to encounter a King Metal Slime and then have them run away during their first move.

Viewtiful Joe

These games are have amazingly creative and have huge appeal to everyone. You play as Joe who can slow down or fast forward time while in the movie world. These games deserve to be on the store and there has to be a 3rd game made despite the fact clover leaf studios was dissolved. They could make a tv show for the series but not one more game?!

Psychonauts

The cult favorite game from Double Fine studios has been released on virtually every other online market but not the Playstation store. We all know this game deserves a sequel and it's time for this game to be released for Playstation fans who missed it when it launched. The script is still as hysterical as it ever was and there's nothing like lighting things on fire with your mind. I'm not giving up on a sequel to Psychonauts, just like I'm not giving up on a sequel to Dead Head Fred.

These are my choices for games that need to come to the store. Feel free to comment on what else should be there.

As much as I really want to, I just can't get excited for this game. I'm still likely going to buy it, but is it going to be my game of the year, no. Yes they've nailed down the desperate survival aspect of gameplay and the graphics are beautiful. But these types of games have been done to death already and just because Naughty Dog makes the game doesn't make the best thing since Half Life. I'm getting tired of this generation of games being obsessed with every person and everything looking as realistic as possible. I don't need to play as a regular person to have fun when I play games. Playing as regular humans just bores the hell out of me unless there is something genuinely unique about them character or gameplay wise. That's why I hate military shooters like COD, it's nothing but point and shoot now and that's likely never going to change. Games have also become more obsessed with emulating movies now which I really hate to see happen. If I wanted to see an action movie, I go to an action movie. I play games mostly to have fun or listen to a good story The more that games emulate movies the more they lose what made them unique in the first place. We lose the truly unique characters that became icons and stood out from everybody else. We have to try and do more to return to making characters and games that can't be seen as clones of everything else on the market.

E3 has been my favorite event of the summer for years now and that's likely never going to change. I loved it whenever the gaming titans like Hideo Kojima revealed the trailers for their latest games such as MGS4 which would only increase my drool production. I'd always find a way to watch every awkwardly scheduled conference from the major publishers just to see what new games were coming out. When I made wiki edits to the IGN wikis I did so with carpal tunnel and I'm willing to get a hand operation if it means giving you quality posts.